Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the added 2.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 11.25% or 2,740.00 points to trade at 27,100.00 at the close. Kyocera Corp. (TYO:) added 8.05% or 125.00 points to end at 1,678.50 and Renesas Electronics Corp (TYO:) was up 7.00% or 141.50 points to 2,162.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nexon Co Ltd (TYO:), which lost 2.92% or 67.00 points to trade at 2,227.50 in late trade. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:) declined 2.73% or 62.50 points to end at 2,229.00 and Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:) shed 2.49% or 133.00 points to 5,207.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2012 to 1609 and 263 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.54% to 22.78.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.11% or 0.08 to $73.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $76.28 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 5.96 to trade at $2,653.36 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.10% to 157.75, while EUR/JPY rose 0.20% to 164.09.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 107.98.
